Parents of minors
Getting your children out of data broker databases
Of the data brokers registered to operate in California, a number openly disclose that they collect personal information about minors. Children's records feed household profiles, and a child's school, age and address are frequently inferable from a parent's listing even when the child is not named.
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What's different for you
Why the generic advice doesn't fit
Most privacy guidance is written for someone with no particular threat. Yours is specific, so the priorities change.
- You have stronger legal footing here — children's data carries heightened protection under several state laws and under COPPA online.
- The exposure route is usually the household listing rather than a listing for the child.
- Schools, sports leagues and yearbook sites are a separate and frequently overlooked source.
Do this in order
- 01Remove the household listing, which is usually what exposes the child.
- 02Check the brokers that disclose collecting minors' data specifically.
- 03Audit school directory and sports-league publication settings.
- 04Opt out of school directory information disclosure, which FERPA allows.
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The sites to take down first
Free and unpaywalled, which means anyone can use them with no account and no skill. These are the real risk.
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